The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-09-01

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John Myrick, colored, was lynched in
Henry county, Alabama, by men Of his own
race for outraging white woman.
Poisoned milk caused the death Of six
members OF a prominent family at Havana,
Cuba, ladies and 2 children. Five per-
sons are under arrest for the crime.
One of the Ozark, Mo-, Bald Knob gang
has plead guilty and implored mercy.
This opens the way for reaching other
members OF the gang, to the number OF
ninety or more.
Peter Gross aged "a of East New York,
is under arrest for the murder Of his wife
Gertrude, aged 20. The couple have
lived in the same house for nearly forty
years, and the man is very discrepit. They
have six children.
Nathan Phipps, a coal miner, living at
Wildwood, seven miles from Latrobe, Pa,
shot and mortally wounded his friend, John
Robb, after which he terribly wounded
Mrs. Phipps by stabbing her and breaking
several Of her ribs. He then armed HIM
self with q rifle and shotgun and fled to the
woods. Mrs. Phipps win likely recover.
The cause OF the tragedy was jealousy.
Paymaster Watkins. United States navy,
has been sentenced to three years i'm
prisonment at hard labor. During his i'm
prisonment hc Is to receive one-half fur
Tough pay, and at the expiration Of his sem
tence will be dismissed from the service.
Watkins was tried on board his ship, the
Ossipee, at Yokohama and found guilty of
fraud, embezzlement, deserti0n and other
offenses.
Judge Potter of the New York supreme
court has granted stay Of proceedings in
the Jacob Sharp case, upon several grounds
his opinion, the court below fell into error
OF admission Of some Of the evidence
offered by the prosecution. The case will
now como up at the general term in Oc-
tober. An application will be made to ad-
init Sharp to bail.
s. s. Spangler, well known stock raiser,
shot and killed Milo McCaskey at hi
rancho near Ness City, Kan. Trouble had
existed between the men for q year past and
McCaskey had threatened Spangler's life.
The shooting was done in self defense.
Spangler, who is one of the oldest settlers
OF the country, gave himself up to the
sheriff. He has always borne . high repu-
tation.
The Sumter, 3. c. National Bank has
temporarily suspended, owing to the con-
duct Of the cashier, Charles E. Bartlett,
now in Canada Il is believed that the
NO Bartlett is well connected and his
downfall is attributed to disastrous
speculations in wheat and cotton futures
The bank will pay oil liabilities in full and
continue business.
Jerry White, negro, broke into house
! at Valentine, Nebraska, q few days ago,
and clubbed into insensibility, Mrs. Hofr.
| man, an aged lady alone there, but some
one then Opportunely arrived and the
scoundrel fed. He was pursued, captured
and jailed at Valentine. 60 men at one
O'Clock in the morning broke open the jail
| with sledge hammers and hanged the
culprit to q telegraph pole. The coroner's
verdict was .death at the hands Of parties
unknown"
Alexander Robinson, the colored man
| arrested at Youngstown, O., charged with
criminally assaulting an ll-year-old white
girl, died Friday, it is claimed, Of fright
The populace, enraged at the story, told by
| ecution, and lynching was feared. A few
| hours after the unfortunate negro breathed
/ his last the girl said he was not hel
| assailant; the crime had been committed
| by white peddler named Bishop, who
| threatened to kill her il she did not faster
| Tue kuAS oA AsoOaoOa' Auo WnASO AA10n Aes
| fled.
Samuel Chew, aged 50, resides with hi,
wife on farm near the home Of Senator
| Sherman at Mansfield, Ohio, aud at min,
| O'Clock ut night four masked men entered
his house. Mr.. Chew was knocked sense
less with stick of wood, then bound anl
| gagged. Mrs. Chew, who came to her hus
bands rescue, was covered with revolver
| by one Of the men and told to sit down
| which order she obeyed. The house wa
| then searched, and about $500 in money ant
| some silverware was taken. The robber
then made their escape.
A terrible tragedy has been enacted /,
the Chickasaw Nation in which three per
sons were fatally wounded. Two familie
named Harrison and Graham became IN
volved in q quarrel about Harrison
daughter, whom young Graham wanted Il